Emerging Technologies
This Week: Isda, Citco/Fenergo, Liquidnet & more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
Large language models: Another AI wave has come—what could it bring?
Since the release of ChatGPT, excitement and hype have been abundant across industries for this form of generative AI. For capital markets, the wave of innovation that could result may be a few years away but it’s worth paying attention to—and being critical of.
Treasury traders remain wary about adopting algos
Yet proponents insist US government bond market is ‘ready for disruption’
AI proves helpful for banks facing new cash penalties for settlement failures
According to one report, banks have been hit with penalties of up to €5 million per month under new CSDR settlement rules. As a result, banks are turning to AI to help.
This Week: Euronext, STG/Alveo, Ice, Mizuho/Bloomberg & more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
Waters Wavelength Podcast: SteelEye’s Matt Smith on eComms surveillance
SteelEye CEO Matt Smith talks on the podcast about the regulatory landscape for electronic and voice communications compliance.
Waters Wrap: For data managers, the new problems are the same as the old
While much attention has been given to cloud, AI, blockchain and other buzzwords, without a proper data foundation, those tools will not deliver the results that have been promised.
This Week: BNP/AccessFintech, Broadridge/Glue42, Omega/TNS and more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
Brown Brothers Harriman unifies busy suite of AI products
It’s a new world, contend BBH’s Kevin Welch and Josh Fine. After a few years of experimentation that yielded several AI products for the bank and its clients, it was time to put the puzzle pieces together to serve a different way of working post-Covid.
Financial firms rethink after cyber insurance premium spike
Brokers say there are signs pressure is easing, but quantum hacking threat could transform market
BNY Mellon deploys new AI, cloud tools
The custodian bank has reduced payment processing times by as much as 80%, according to officials.
Waters Wrap: ChatGPT and the next wave of AI evolution
As the December holiday break loomed, a new tool released by OpenAI had engineers, analysts, programmers and even writers like Anthony wondering what the future of their professions might hold.
This Week: Nasdaq/BEC, Capitolis, S&P and more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
Here’s what ML and NLP powered in capital markets in 2022
As machine learning and natural language processing continue to spread across the industry, WatersTechnology highlights stories from 2022 that feature new use cases.
Post-trade still struggling from underinvestment, but purse strings are opening
Bloomberg, Broadridge, BNP Paribas, and a handful of startups are working to address manual processes in the back office.
Can algos collude? Quants are finding out
Oxford-Man Institute is among those asking: could algorithms gang up and squeeze customers?
In 2022, cloud shows true potential to displace legacy data platforms
Once wary of the cloud, financial firms, their suppliers and the marketplaces where they trade are openly embracing it. And there are more signs of big tech firms accelerating buy-in by literally buying in to clients’ migration projects.
This Week: UBS/JPM/FlexTrade, Ice, QuantCube & more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
Waters Wrap: Big Tech, exchanges and a rapidly evolving market
Following LSEG’s partnership with Microsoft, Anthony talks with some industry participants to explore what this might mean for exchange tech going forward.
This Week: Versana, Broadridge, Regis-TR and more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
This Week: BlackRock/Tradeweb, FactSet, DTCC, RBC and more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
Blockchain startup Symbiont files for bankruptcy
Clients included American Century, Citi, State Street and Vanguard
Certified FDC3: Finos reveals interop vendors compliant with open-source standard
Following Finos’ long-awaited release of its new FDC3 compliance testing framework, two of the three major container-based interoperability providers have received badges certifying their adherence to the growing industry standard.
Broken chains: how DLT code switch compounded ASX fail
Sources say that vendors will suffer the most in the fallout from ASX’s “paused” blockchain settlement project.